On Monday, the National Air and Space Museum, and many others, marked the 100th anniversary of the day Bessie Coleman earned her pilot’s license – and changed history.
Click through the links in the tweets below to learn more about this incredible woman and some of the men and women who were inspired by her accomplishments.
Have you ever spotted a celebrity in the airport or on your flight during your travels? It’s a bit of a thrill, right?
A new book coming out from Rizzoli called Come Fly With Me: Flying in Style, is filled with paparazzi-taken images of actors, rock stars, and others coming and going from airports around the world.
Jodi Peckman an award-winning creative director, photo editor, and writer who spent thirty years working with Rolling Stone magazine, chose the images for the book, which you can read about in our story on The Runway Girl Network
Before yo go, here are a few other images from the book.
Tuesday already?
Stuck at the Airport is still doing some catch-up up on news, snaps, and travel tidbits airports shared on Monday.
Like the pink cherry blossom lighting at Reagan National Airport (DCA).
The links to short films courtesy of the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
The Women’s History Month factoid about Willa Brown – who was the first Black woman to earn both a pilot license (1938) and a commercial license (1939), courtesy of Long Beach Airport (LGB).
And the announcement from Tampa International Airport (TPA) about TPA To Go – a new food delivery service in the airport.
We nibbled our way through the research for a story you’ll find on the Runway Way Girl Network about how Seattle Chocolate and Alaska Airlines worked together to develop an exclusive chocolate bar flavor for upper tier flyers as an in-flight perk. And how that bar is now available to the rest of us. Take a look.
If you like aviation history and anything related to airlines, airplanes or airports then, like me, you’ll enjoy visiting the rebooted website called The Airchive, which I profiled for The Points Guy site. Take a look at that story here.
Getting an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination is hard enough. But many people also have a hard time getting to and from the vaccination centers. So it is nice to see Delta Air Lines offering some bonus miles as a reward for those who donate cash to make rides available. Details that offer here.
March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day. Both present a great opportunity to celebrate and learn more about the accomplishments of women.
Here are a few tweets we spotted from airports and museums. Our favorite places.